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All known U.S. citizens imprisoned exist Venezuela The U.S. Embassy said late Friday that he had been released.
The U.S. Embassy wrote on
No other details about the detainees were released. Fox News Digital has contacted the State Department.
Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez lashes out at Washington, declaring US influence ‘enough’

An opposition protester waves a Venezuelan flag during a protest in support of a group of hunger striking students in Caracas, Venezuela. On Friday, the U.S. Embassy said all known Americans detained in the South American country had been released. (Reuters)
Interim authorities have slowly released U.S. detainees in the weeks since the U.S. captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.
Both were imprisoned in new york city on federal narco-terrorism charges.
According to Bloomberg, earlier this month, Venezuela’s interim government reported that 116 prisoners had been released, but the NGO Justicia, Encuentro y Perdón verified only about 70 prisoners.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Celia Flores parade in military vehicles during Independence Day celebrations in Caracas on July 5, 2025. (Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images)
In January, the U.S. government announced travel warning It is recommended not to travel to the country. Americans in the country are advised to leave immediately.
“The security situation in Venezuela remains unstable. The U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, is warning U.S. citizens not to travel to Venezuela, reiterating warnings not to travel to Venezuela from 2019. As international flights resume, U.S. citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately.”
The country is run by Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez, Maduro’s former number two.
This week, Rodriguez signed a law overhauling the country’s oil industry to privatize it, reversing a core policy of the socialist government that has ruled Venezuela for more than two decades.

The U.S. State Department told Fox News that a “limited number” of personnel are working on the ground in Venezuela. (Jessica Koscielnyak/Reuters; Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)
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January 10, President Donald Trump Says U.S. energy companies will invest $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela’s “rotten” oil infrastructure and push production to record levels.







